World's Classics: The Mill on the Floss

`But it''s bad - it''s bad,'' Mr Tulliver added - `a woman''s no business wi'' being so clever; it''ll turn to trouble, I doubt.''Rebellious and affectionate, Maggie Tulliver is always in trouble. Recalling her own experiences as a girl, George Eliot describes Maggie''s turbulent childhood with a sympathetic engagement that makes the early chapters of The Mill on the Floss among the most immediate...